Concordia Preparatory - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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Usa, ,ii fMga'Ur MRS. ELLEN ANDERSON all Wlio taught piano, organ, and music appreciation to both High School and College . . . And was a font of culture for thirsty and not-so-thirsty minds . . . After moving from room to room she finally settled by force of circumstances in the basement of Sieker Hall . . . Even culture seeps into odd places. TCUHRSTHIHCCS MR. EUGENE MOTT Who taught voice in the music studio, directed the choir in the gym, and conducted the Sieker Hall orchestra and band in the basement . . . Whence came strains of bean- tiful music weekdays at three- thirty in the afternoon . . . A moustache and a big cigar . . . To top it all off, an almost perpetual smile. ,if 45 Time music department was always lost . . . It wandered from building to building searching for home . . . Poor Mr. Mott had to have orches- tra rehearsals in an oversize closet in the basement . . . The same place where Mrs. Ander- son tried will all her power to imbue us with some musical culture . . . Both seemed to pull through the ordeal in the best possible shape . . . Some stu- dents did not fare as well.

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0 Papa an Mama MR. ERIC WILDGRUBE Who taught high school Greek and Latin , . . When he wasnlt patrolling the outlying districts of his domain in Sieker Hall . . . The little man with big shoulders . . . Quiet and serious . . . Good night! ' ,Lt MISS FRANCIS PETTS, R.N. Wluo doled out horse pills, bandages and cough syrup . . 4 To any one who looked as though he had a complaint . . . And did even more good for humanity with her sympa- thetic touch . . . And motherly morale-building counsel . . . Darting here, there and every- where . . . To keep the school under control . . . Wliich, of course, was no job at all for her. 44 , fi if xjifii If people shyed away from Mr. Wildgrube because he re- presented law and order . . . At least in theory . . . Their they ran with open arms to Miss Petts . . . Because she re- presented femininity . . . And there was no theory about it . . . Yet it took the two of them to keep Sieker Hall un- der control . . . Each had cer- tain individual and undeniable powers . . . As for the stronger . . . Posterity will decide.

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FRIESHMAN lNllNlSTliRlAl, XVho used to sing like 21 fog- horn . . . Sit for hours in the piano room and play every song written . . . Witlu only three chords, too . . . Wlio snug Old Rnttlern to the nc- compuniment of it rusty guitar . . . And cut hair for thirty- iive cents, 4 1' ,T We Yeaurlliiinlgs 2 w. T- ' , - v , X ' 4' 4 I u ' FRESTHMAN' ACADEMIC Wlicu had in their midst at number of specialists , . . Two who wired their room so the lights would go out when ri faculty member opened the door . . . One who hitch-hiked all the way to Michigan and back . . . And one who fell over the railing at Ressmeyer Hall . . . Poor soul. .S , -. x' -,